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 Film industry                                                                                        Wednesday 12th February 2025

Key terminology:

Franchise: a series of films based on an original idea or adapted  from a book 

Distributor: the company that markets an organises the distributes of a film  

Hollywood: a large film production company that dominates Hollywood  

Teaser: a short trailer to interest the viewers to watch the movie 

Montage:a film editing technique in which a series 

ensemble cast: a group of actors that have more or less equal roles 

Tentpole films: a very high budget film which is expected to be successful 

High concept: emphasis on a striking but communicable central idea 

enigma: a question that the audience wants to find out 

Industry

1. the 5 major Hollywood studios are Paramount pictures, Disney, Warner bros, Universal pictures SONY 

2. the main aim of film marketing is to "get the word out" and get people more interested in the film 

3. marketing techniques that are often used are fliers and posters, adverts, email marketing co-branding 

4. the information that film posters need to convey is the title, actors, release date, the director and some things that may hint what the film is about and may draw the audience towards the film 

5. the difference between a teaser and a normal poster is a normal poster has a more simple design and doesn't reveal much information unlike the teaser which the goal is to give information and draw the audiences attention.  

6. a recent recent film franchise is stranger things 

James bond 

the writer and inspiration is Ian Fleming  

they made the first movie in 1962 and the most recent one 2021 and there have been 27 James bond movies made thorough out the years 

Do now

1. a franchise is a series of films based with the same actors and baseline story 
2. a distributor is the company that organises a film and distributes it 
3. a large production company that dominates Hollywood 
4. a teaser is a short trailer that interests the audience 
5. a tent pole film is a film that has a high budget and is expected to be successful 

                                                                                                                Wednesday 26th February 2025

Film industry

LO: Explore the process of film making 

Production: the factors the go into the making of a film 

Distribution: where and how a film is distributed 

Marketing: how a film gets advertised 

Exhibition: 

Vertical integration: a company produces it then they distribute it  and markets it using it time company 

then the village gets the first right to the film in the cinema 

production is split into: Pre-production Production Post production 

Pre production:

the script writing and the planning of the film and create a vision for your film and where you can secure all your resources you can create sets and costumes and create a production seclude when you need the actors/what time you need the sets and where 

Production:

where you film the scenes with cameras and action 

Post production:

where you edit and check that every scene aligns with each other 

Executive producer:

the people that over see the production making sure the film is going to plan and everyone is doing there roll and job and they are there for every stage making sure it is all up to standard. 

line producers: organises budget controls the film, all department answer to producers 

No time to die set text: 

1. the executive production company for NTD is Eon production 

2. no time to die was apart of a conglomerate Dan jack and MGM 

3. it is a studio film with high production values 

4. MGM is another company involved 

5. the budget was £214 million 

6. it took 10 months to finish 

Do now

1. Pre production is planning story board and all production elements 

2. Production is the shooting of the film 

3. Post production is the editing of the film 

4. No time to die was produced by EON productions 

                                                                                                                       Wednesday 5th march 2025

Distribution and marketing 

Distribution

- the process of making copies of the film for the cinema 

- sometimes films are shown at festivals 

- sometimes companies will delegate the distribution to a smaller companies that they own (vertical interrogation)

- they stick to budget 

Set text 

1. UK distributors- Universal pictures 

2. they are not conglomerates

3. DVD - 20/12/2021

   VOD -  9/11/2021

   SDV -  8/10/2021

Movies can be marketed 

- trailers, social media, billboards, adverts, celebrities, teasers 

Do now
1. distribution is the process of making a film available to the public 
2. universal 
3. Amazon
4. April 2020
5. September 2021 

                                                                                                                     Wednesday 12th March 2025

Marketing and promotion 

LO: to explore the marketing methods in no time to die 

The delayed release meant that they had to re shoot some of the scenes if they didn't have the newest technology the initial marketing strategies cost a lot then they were worthless cost more as had to market for longer to maintain the hype products in the film were not up to date so they has to re shoot the scenes   

1.  

 
2. synergy in no time to die Aston martin and NTTD
Music: 
- soundtrack was billie Eilish 
- Bauer launched a 24/7 radio station station playing bond soundtrack 
- teaser action, fast paced, reminded of bond         
- Heineken humour and action, fame of bond 

Do now

1. selling the film 

2. Covid 19 

3. teaser trailer 

4. Billie Eilish 

5. bauer radio 

                                                                                                                     Wednesday 19th March 2025

Circulation and Regulation 

LO: to explore circulation and regulation in the film industry 

Circulation 

the process of showing a film across a range of different media platforms 

Exhibition release 

- cinema release

- DVD, PPV,VOD

- ' free to air '

Set text:

1. NTTD was in the cinema for a month 

2. NTTD made $774.2 nearly tripled the amount 

3. no digital release was a month after cinemas DVD a month after that 

4. NTTD went free to air news years day 2023 on ITV 

5. it is is available on amazon prime, apple pay google pay and youtube 

6. DVD,VOD,PPV sales were successful  

Regulation:

bbfc regulates 

- context 

- themes 

Set text:

1. NTTD age rating was classified at 12A 

2. the financial positives for NTTD having the age rate at 12A id a bigger audiences 

Do now                                                                                                             Wednesday 2nd April 2025 

1. industry are varied collection of organisations that share the production, publication and distribution of media texts 

2. film, radio 

3. those who consume the media product 

4.

5. 1 minute 

Improvement lesson

LO:to select areas to improve on the assessment 

a) EON productions distributed no time to die 

b) media convergence is the process by which multiple media technology are brought together into one computerised device; smartphones can do the jobs that news papers do 

c) a conglomerate company that owns another company which is also involved in media benefits of being in a conglomerate is the profit and the controls of production

d) the film industry markets and distributes a film through the uses of soundtracks and using artists like billie Eillish  who has age different age range of audience this means that NTTD could be viewed by more people as well as Billie Eillish being featured in NTTD makes profit for her as the bond movies are very famous this makes profit for both companys.

4c) the archers website appeals to users through using certain backstorys that the audiences can relate to and what makes them more interested also having a website with the characters history and back rounds so the audience can understand their action in the archers 

                                                                                                                          Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Do now

1. Circulation is how many copies were made showing the film

2. cinema DvD free to air TV

3. 1 month

4. 12 a cinema 12  DVD

Audience appeal 

LO:  to explore the uses and gratifications of films 

personal identity:

- media products allows audiences to find role models and other people with similar values 

Information:

- people can acquire information, knowledge and understand through media products 

- any information can be learned through different form of media 

Entertainment:

- use of media escape the humdrum of their 

Social interaction:

- Media allows the audience to gain an insight into other peoples lives 

social entertainment 

social media 

the theory of uses and gratification identified in social entertainment as appealing to the audiences because when people have interactions with other individuals that have things in common 

                                                                                                                           Wednesday 14th May 2025

Do now

1. EON productions MGM

2. Universal pictures and united artists 

3. 12A

4. 12 

5. Wider audience and don't put off adults 

Film industry exam structure 

LO: to apply our knowledge to exam style questions 

3A) EON productions 

3B) A media conglomerate is a company that owns other companys in film this could. be a company that owns production and distributions such as Disney or warner brothers. 

3C) Convergence is being able to access media on different platforms 

Technology is used in films to appeal to the audience because it allows them to promote the film and gather a larger audience they do this by ads, t

we can see this in NTTD through 

This shows that the technology helps to appeal to the audience and promote the film because 

4a) age, gender 

4b) action, characters, backstories 

NTTD targets the audience through action such as all the other James bond films  

4c) the theory of uses and gratification identified entertainment as appeal to the audience because entertainment of the action sparks an interest in the audience making them p